Hoop-securing means.



S. F. KLOHS.

HOOP SECURING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912 1 ,O70,61 3. atented Aug. 19, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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SAM F. KLOI-IS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO T. W. SNOW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOOP-SECURING MEANS.

Application filed September 17, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAW F. KLorrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois have invented a new and useful HoopSecuring Means, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n the means, commonly known as hoop-lugs, for securing hoops about a tank or the like, by drawing the ends of the hoops together and thus binding the hoops about the tank.

Heretofore, so far as I aln aware, the form of securing means employed have been such as to require the ends of the hoops to be bent into interlocking engagement with the lugs after applying the latter thereto and under ordinary conditions, after the hoops have been applied to the tanks, this procedure presenting manifest objections.

My object is to provide a constructlon of securing means for the purpose above stated whereby bending of the ends of the hoops into loop-form, after the lug-members are applied thereto, is avoided in the act of interlocking the lug-members with the hoops, thereby expediting the operation of applying the hoops to tanks and minimizing the inconvenience and expense attending this operation.

Referring to the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a broken horizontal section taken through a wooden tank and show ing my improved hoop-securing means in plan. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through one of the members of my improved securing means, the section being taken at the line 2 on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the member shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end view of the member shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of another form in which my invention may be embodied. Fig. 6 is a broken horizontal sectional view of one of the members of the securing-means shown in Fig. 5, the sec tion being taken at the line 6 on Fig. 7 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 7 is a view in side elevation of the member shown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8, a perspective view showing the form into which the ends of the hoops are bent for assembling with the lugmembers.

A portion of a wooden reservoir, or tank, is represented at 9 and as is usual in con- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Serial No. 720,743.

structions of this character would be provided with a plurality of hoops for holding its wood-sections together, a portion of one of the hoops being represented at 10.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the hoop 10 is shown as secured in position about the tank 9 by my improved securing means, which comprise, in the preferred form, a pair of similar scouring-members 11 adapted to interlock with the ends of the hoop which are preferably reversely bent to form hooks 12 (Fig. 8), and in such interlocking engagement with the hoops be secured together. Each of the members 11 is formed of relatively offset sections 13 and lt with an opening 15 between their adjacent ends of suflicient size to permit a hookend 12 of the hoop to be inserted there through to position the latter at its hookend in the rear of the section It and permit it to be moved to a position in which it will hook over the outer end of the section 14: and thus interlock therewith, as illustrated in Fig. 2. As I prefer to form the members 11 each is recessed along its front side as represented at 16 to form the section 18 and side sections 17 and 18, and recessed along its rear side as represented 19 to form the ofiset section 14 with the opening 15 communicating with the recesses 16 and 19, the member 11 being formed with a socket 20, one of the walls of which is the section 14. Each member 11 at one end thereof is provided with flanges 21 which are integral with bosses 22 extending above and below the section 18 and containing holes 23 for receiving tightening devices hereinafter described.

In employing my improved securing means the ends of the hoop are first bent to form the hooks 12 and the hoop then assembled with a pair of the members 11 by interlocking the hoop-ends with the members 11, as hereinbefore described, and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The hoop is then positioned on the tank and bolts 24, or the like, then inserted into the holes 23 of the opposed members 11 and the nuts 25 on said bolts tightened to draw the members 11 together for producing the desired tightness of fit of the hoop about the tank.

The construction illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, which shows a desirable form of construction Where it is desired that but one bolt 24: be employed, is the same in construction and operation as that of the preceding figures excepting, that instead of providing two, upper and lower, bosses on each member, a single apertured boss 26 is provided,

these bosses being formed on the front sides of the members 11 and bridging the side sections 17 and 18 and connected with the section 14.

While I have illustrated and described certain forms in which my invention may be embodied, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it to embodiment in such forms, as it may be embodied in many other forms within the spirit of my invention.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Hoop-securing means formed of a pair of members, each formed with spaced sections and adapted to permit a hoop having an end preliminarily deflected to form a hook, to be assembled with said members and to be interlocked at its hooked end with one of said sections and extend at its deflected portion between said sections without flexing or bending said deflected portion.

2. Hoop-securing means formed of a pair of members, each formed with sections spaced apart at their adjacent ends to afford an opening therebetween for the insertion therethrough of the entire hooked end of a hoop for interlockinglv engaging at its deflected portion with one of said sections.

3. Hoop-securing means formed of a pair of members, each formed with relatively-0E- set sections spaced apart at their adjacent ends to afford an opening therebetween for the insertion therethrough of the entire hooked end of a hoop for interlockingly engaging at its deflected portion with one of said sections.

4. Hoop-securing means formed of a pair of members, each formed with relatively-01T- set sections spaced apart at their adjacent ends and arranged in non-overlapping condition to afford an opening therebetween for the insertion therethrough of the entire hooked end of a hoop for interlockingly engaging at its deflected portion with one of said sections.

5. Hoop-securing means formed of a pair of members, each containing communicating recesses in its opposite sides to afford relatively-ofl'set non-overlapping sections spaced apart at their adjacent ends to afford an opening therebetween for the insertion therethro-u'gh of the entire hooked end of a hoop for interlockingly engaging at its deflected portion with one of said sections.

set relative to each other and spaced apart at their adjacent ends to aflord an opening therebetween for the insertion therethrough of the entire hooked end of a hoop for interlockingly engaging at its deflected portion with one of said sections, the other of said sections forming a seat for the hoop intermediate the ends of the latter.

SAM F. KLOHS. In the presence of L. Heisman, E. D. STEELE.

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